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## Karmavipaka and Shrutagyan
**Shrutagyan** is **sadi-sant** (limited in duration) in relation to **karmavipaka**. However, compared to all living beings, Shrutagyan is **anadi** (beginningless) and **aparyavasit** (unlimited) because it cannot be said that a particular being first received Shrutagyan and then it ended when that being attained liberation. Therefore, in relation to all living beings, Shrutagyan is **anadi** and **aparyavasit** in a continuous flow.
**In relation to the field (kshetra)**, Shrutagyan is both **sadi-sant** and **anadi-ananta** (beginningless and endless). For example, in the Bharat and Airavat fields, when Tirthankaras establish a Tirtha, the **Dwadashangi Shrutagyan** begins, and when the Tirtha ends, Shrutagyan also ends. Thus, Shrutagyan is **sadi-sant** in this context. However, in the Mahavideha field, the Tirtha never ends, so Shrutagyan is **anadi-ananta** in relation to that field.
**In relation to time (kala)**, Shrutagyan is both **sadi-sant** and **anadi-ananta**. Compared to the **Utsarpini** and **Avasarpini** periods, Shrutagyan is **sadi-sant** because it exists at the end of the third Ara, and in the fourth and fifth Aras, but it is destroyed in the sixth Ara. However, in relation to the **Nounsarpini** and **Noavarsarpini** periods, Shrutagyan is **anadi-ananta**.
**In relation to the state of being (bhava)**, Shrutagyan encompasses both **Samyakshruta** (correct knowledge) and **Mithyashruta** (incorrect knowledge) from the **Shruta** period. Shrutagyan is both **sadi-sant** and **anadi-ananta**. In relation to the **Samyakbhavas** (correct states of being) of **Bhavya** beings, Shrutagyan is **sadi-sant**, and in relation to the **bhavas** of **Abhavya** beings, **Mithyarupa** Shrutagyan is **anadi-ananta**.
**Bhavya** and **Abhavya** are both **parinamik bhavas** (consequential states of being) of living beings. **Parinamik bhavas** are the results of **dravya** (substance) that occur naturally due to the existence of the **dravya**. In other words, the natural transformation of the **dravya** is called **parinamik bhava**.